“Palahniuk with its punches pulled” – The Listeners by Jordan Tannahill
“Exquisite” – Mrs Caliban by Rachel Ingalls
“Doesn’t give in to easy plot twists” – The Abstainer by Ian Maguire
“Find your motivation in truths not trends” – Outraged by Ashley ‘Dotty’ Charles
“No knock-off cash grab” – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino
“You name it, this book has it” – Troy by Stephen Fry
“Worth revisiting” – Zennor in Darkness by Helen Dunmore
“A very thorough analysis of the contemporary world” – The Precipice by Noam Chomsky
“A top-notch chiller” – Come Closer by Sara Gran
“This is a must read” – Trouble by Philip Ó Ceallaigh
Beethoven by Laura Tunbridge
“Gave me hope” – The Book of Trespass by Nick Hayes
“Really rather special” – Knock Out! by Reinhard Kleist
“The maximum maw of madness” – Widespread Panic by James Ellroy
“Sadly inconsistent” – Antlers of Water (ed. Kathleen Jamie)
“These are esoteric matters” – Hollow by B Catling
“Too many of Krauss’ narrators feel like the same person” – To Be a Man by Nicole Krauss
“A bit much” – Mr Cadmus by Peter Ackroyd
“Lovely and lively” – The Museum of Whales You Will Never See by A Kendra Greene
“Another triumph” – Mr Wilder & Me by Jonathan Coe
“A rather erudite middle finger to Brexit” – Three Summers by Margarita Liberaki
“Thought provoking” – Stories We Tell Ourselves by Richard Holloway
“Incredibly entertaining” – The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
“A very readable human story” – We Germans by Alexander Starritt
“Love and politics” – Winter in Tabriz by Sheila Llewellyn
“Impressive” – These Are Not Gentle People by Andrew Harding
‘Read it now’ – We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
“Riveting and often hilarious” – The Coward by Jarred McGinnis
